MIT Technology Review - infectious diseasehttp://www.technologyreview.com/tagged/infectious-disease/
enRepeating Historyhttp://www.technologyreview.com/article/429668/repeating-history/
<p>We have fully eradicated only one disease. Let’s do it again.</p><p>In human history, few things happen only once. Over millennia, even statistically rare events repeat. Yet despite huge efforts to replicate the feat, just once have we eradicated a human disease: smallpox, responsible for over 500 million deaths in the 20th century alone.</p>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000digitalservices429668 at http://www.technologyreview.comSequencing Tested as Infection Early Warninghttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/420871/sequencing-tested-as-infection-early-warning/
<p>Scientists aim to monitor communities for infections using fast sequencing technology.</p><p>Scientists are coopting the power of cheap, fast DNA sequencing as an environmental sensor for infectious pathogens that can spread through a community. They hope that the approach can provide earlier warning of disease outbreak.</p>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:00:00 +0000digitalservices420871 at http://www.technologyreview.comSpeeding Up Diagnosis of Infectious Diseasehttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/419992/speeding-up-diagnosis-of-infectious-disease/
<p>A startup is developing sequencing-based tests that could detect infections within 24 hours.</p><p>Current methods of diagnosing an infectious disease can take days to weeks. Now a Cambridge, MA-based startup called <a href="http://pathogenica.com/index.php" target="_blank">Pathogenica</a> is developing a way to do it within a day–by reading the DNA sequence of pathogens.</p>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000digitalservices419992 at http://www.technologyreview.comFlu Data Goes Mobilehttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/415273/flu-data-goes-mobile/
<p>An iPhone app lets users help track infectious diseases.</p><p>New software for the iPhone could help track the spread of infectious diseases including swine flu by providing experts with new sources of epidemiological information.</p>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0000digitalservices415273 at http://www.technologyreview.comDetecting Aircraft Pathogens Before It's Too Latehttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/413518/detecting-aircraft-pathogens-before-its-too-late/
<p>A new study suggests that single particle detectors should be used to help control pandemics.</p><p>Each year, an estimated 600 million passengers fly in the United States, and of those, roughly 350,000 are international travelers, according to the <a href="http://www.bts.gov/" target="_blank">Bureau of Transportation Statistics</a>. This leaves commercial airliners vulnerable to biological contamination and makes the spread of disease a real threat. </p>Tue, 19 May 2009 04:00:00 +0000digitalservices413518 at http://www.technologyreview.comFollowing Swine Flu Onlinehttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/413275/following-swine-flu-online/
<p>Tracking and communications could play a key role in combating a pandemic.</p><p>The World Health Organization (WHO) admitted on Tuesday that it’s too late to contain swine flu, and experts say that it is now vital to track the spread of the virus in order to mitigate its effects. Vaccines and antivirals will be crucial to the effort, but tracking and communications technologies could also play a key role in monitoring the virus, distributing accurate health information, and quelling outbreaks. </p>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0000digitalservices413275 at http://www.technologyreview.comHIV T Cells Transmission Captured on Videohttp://www.technologyreview.com/view/412756/hiv-t-cells-transmission-captured-on-video/
<p>The footage could lead to novel techniques to block the transmission of HIV.</p>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0000digitalservices412756 at http://www.technologyreview.comTR10: Paper Diagnosticshttp://www.technologyreview.com/lists/breakthrough-technologies/2009/tr10-paper-diagnostics/
<p>George Whitesides has created a cheap, easy-to-use
diagnostic test out of paper.</p><p>Diagnostic tools that are cheap to make, simple to use, and rugged enough for rural areas could save thousands of lives in poor parts of the world. To make such devices, Harvard University professor George Whitesides is coupling advanced microfluidics with one of humankind’s oldest technologies: paper. The result is a versatile, disposable test that can check a tiny amount of urine or blood for evidence of infectious diseases or chronic conditions.</p>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0000digitalservices412187 at http://www.technologyreview.comMapping Infectious Diseaseshttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/410439/mapping-infectious-diseases/
<p>A system maps outbreaks culled from Internet news sites.</p>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0000digitalservices410439 at http://www.technologyreview.com